A new novel by Peter D. Genovese
Scenes from the
White Club
New York City, 1969 → Vera Cruz, Mexico
A novel of music, ambition, freedom—and the night that changes everything.
For lovers of music and musicians, a story set at the threshold of the 1970s, when personal freedom felt paramount and anything seemed possible.
The story
One jam session changes every life in the room.
It is late 1969. The Hounds, the hottest group in New York City, hold the number five record in the country. They have just returned from a U.S. tour to rave reviews and are back in the city to headline at the Fillmore East.
But their exceptional guitarist, Hugh Morton, spends his night off at the Half Note Jazz Club in Brooklyn, jamming with legendary bassist Doc Wainwright and his band. When the session goes stratospheric, it begins changing the lives of every musician involved.
From Brooklyn to Vera Cruz
From the Half Note to the White Club.
in the country.
Brooklyn jam session.
in Vera Cruz.
Inside the novel
A band, a city, and a club unlike any other.
Hugh leaves The Hounds for the port city of Vera Cruz, where a new band is forming with Doc and three other well-known musicians at a place called The White Club.
The club has two unique owners and an almost mystical spirit of its own. As the musicians create a new style of music, they build a devoted following and complex relationships begin to develop.
The band takes Vera Cruz by storm—but a dangerous situation threatens their future just as they are being propelled toward the top ranks of the music business.
A golden time of musical and personal freedom.
From Peter’s archive
The musical life behind the novel.
People and places
At the center of the story.
Hugh Morton
The Hounds’ exceptional guitarist, pulled toward a different sound.
Doc Wainwright
A legendary bassist whose Brooklyn jam session changes everything.
The Hounds
New York’s hottest group, fresh from a triumphant U.S. tour.
The White Club
A Vera Cruz venue with two unusual owners and a spirit of its own.
The book
Step inside
The White Club.
Music, freedom, danger, and the making of a revolutionary band.
Peter D. Genovese
Novelist · Poet · Musician